Morteza Motahhari

Morteza Motahhari (31 January 1919-1 May 1979) was an Iranian cleric and a member of the Council of the Islamic Revolution during the Iranian Revolution.

Biography
Morteza Motahhari was born in Fariman, Iran on 31 January 1919, and he was known to be a smart student; he proceeded to become a Shi'ite cleric. He moved to Isfahan from Qom and became involved with the dissident clerical movement, opposing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's regime. During the Iranian Revolution, he hosted protesters in his mosque in Tehran, and he became a member of the Council of the Islamic Revolution. Motahhari was favored by revolutionary groups (despite his opposition to Marxism), but he became a target for anti-revolutionaries such as the Furqan Group. On 1 May 1979, he was shot dead by right-wing extremists as he left a meeting with Yadollah Sahabi.